Statement Of Cash Flow Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Statement Of Cash Flow Information

Statement of Cash Flow Information

We define cash and cash equivalents as cash and all highly liquid financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less. The following table provides supplemental cash flow information (in thousands): 

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014
Interest paid, net of interest capitalized	$	11,823	$	11,671
Income taxes paid	$	16,008	$	53,390

Our non-cash investing activities include accruals for property and equipment capital expenditures. These non-cash investing accruals totaled $20.4 million and $14.1 million as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Additionally, our investing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 included a $30 million non-cash transaction related to the promissory note we received in connection with the sale of our Ingleside spoolbase in January 2014 (Note 3).